Automated Cell Technologist
Rockville · Axle Informatics LLC · USD 90,000-95,000 · Posted Oct 13, 2026
At a glance
- Location
- Rockville · Axle Informatics LLC
- Salary
- USD 90,000-95,000 · Base salary
About the role
- Axle is seeking an Automated Cell Technologist to join their team at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) supporting the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) in Rockville, MD.
- The technologist will support ongoing NCATS research activities requiring compound management services, maintaining active and stored cell lines, and ensuring QA/QC of the chemical inventory.
Responsibilities
- Complete standard and submitted service and maintenance requests in a timely fashion to prevent loss of government resources.
- Provide reports detailing usage and current inventory amounts of all Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) controlled substances per federal requirements.
- Maintain active and stored cell lines in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure viability.
- Maintain quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) of the NCATS chemical inventory.
- Advance the science in the laboratory through new procedures and discoveries.
- Train staff on the proper use of laboratory instruments and equipment, and operate, troubleshoot, and train others to use laboratory equipment and software.
- Work with staff to confirm assay results and evaluate new techniques and instruments; search literature; propose, design, and test alternative assays for difficult screening targets; and develop secondary assays.
- Produce research reports and regularly communicate results to staff and collaborators.
- Support the planning and execution of research experiments in the context of the laboratory’s overall research program.
- Design and conduct experiments and studies requiring broad professional knowledge of scientific theories and principles.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Biology
- Cell culture, primary cell culture, and 3D cell culture skills
- Transfections
- Pipetting
- Maintaining stock solutions
- Inventory management
- SOP writing
- Data presentation
Benefits
- 100% Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage for Employees
- Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
- 401K match up to 5%
- Employee Referral Bonus
- Flexible Spending Accounts: Healthcare (FSA), Parking Reimbursement Account (PRK), Dependent Care Assistant Program (DCAP), Transportation Reimbursement Account (TRN)
Skills
- PowerPoint
- Outlook
- Excel
- Word
- Cell Culture
- Primary Cell Culture
- 3D Cell Culture
- Transfections
- Pipetting
- Maintaining Stock Solutions
- Inventory Management
- SOP Writing
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